Controversial Quotes · Page 2

People have an interest in the controversial.

— John F. Kennedy Jr

When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it.

— Elliott Abrams

“When you fear nothing, you have nothing to fear”

— S.F. Chandler

I think art should be controversial. I think it should make people think.

— Madonna Ciccone

I lost to Lennox Lewis in a very controversial decision.

— Shannon Briggs

I'm controversial. My friends either dislike me or hate me

— Oscar Levant

Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.

— Anonymous

In the old days, 'controversial' in a relationship meant same-sex or mixed races.

— Sam Taylor-Johnson

It's a controversial segment, 'Watters World.' There's controversy around it.

— Jesse Watters

I'm not really volunteering for no family films. I really like the sweet spot of being able to be edgy and controversial.

— Romany Malco

I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.

— Donald Trump

Why is it controversial to talk about the fact that fat people deserve to take up space and deserve to be sexy?

— Tess Holliday

I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go…

— Gabriel Iglesias

I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there's anything…

— James Murdoch

If something is very, very funny but possibly controversial, if it's truly funny, then it's worth doing. Things aren't worth doing for…

— John Mulaney

“People who always want to be at convenient places won’t make a change at controversial places.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

The chief beneficiary of life insurance policies for young, single people is the life insurance agent.

— Wes Smith

Would the potential attraction to Mormonism by simply having a Mormon in the White House threaten traditional Christianity by leading more Americans…

— Rick Santorum

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not…

— Donna Shalala

There are many controversial topics out there - abortion, nuclear weapons, the 2nd Amendment, guns, whatever, the war in Iraq. You're going…

— Daryl Davis

The WWE has a massive outreach on social media, and our fanbase is very vocal. So many young people watch the WWE,…

— John Cena

The lunatic populism that preceded the Pearl Harbor bombing is astonishing in its permutations, its crisscrossings. Guys like [Catholic priest and controversial…

— James Ellroy

The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you…

— Seth Godin

One of the lessons from Sept. 11 is that America requires a long-term presence in those parts of the world that endanger…

— Rudy Giuliani

I think it's very dangerous, the idea of celebrity - you have to be constantly controversial to maintain the status of celebrity.…

— David Suchet

I opened with Edward Kienholz's The Beanery, and that's such a controversial piece that I think that brought people right away. It…

— Virginia Dwan

I've always liked the old-school journalism approach. I don't have to take a side on any controversial issue. I get to present…

— Stephen M. Miller

One of the primary questions in a state-church arrangement is, 'which controls which?' . . . In Norway, for example, the liberal…

— Dan Barker

I have to tell you, a few people had very controversial feelings about what I was doing with Gucci at the beginning,…

— Frida Giannini

This book is unique. I know of no other which so artfully tackles two of the greatest mysteries of modern science, quantum…

— George Greenstein

People already think the court is there to become the final word on controversial political questions. So everybody looks to the Supreme…

— Rush Limbaugh

Foreign news is considered an expletive. Thoughtfully written analysis is out, 'live pops' are in. 'Action Jackson' is the cry. Hire lookers,…

— Dan Rather

There's a stronger and more kind of controversial element of Plotinus' view of matter, which is that he actually identifies it with…

— Peter Adamson

Requiem has been controversial because people dont feel I gave it closure.

— Lauren Oliver

It was controversial when we were settling on what the races should be in 'Warcraft 3!'

— Michael Morhaime

I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway.

— Howard Dean

“Can I get a two-thumbs up for a fatter America?”

— Andrew Sturm

If you've got a big mouth and you're controversial, you're going to get attention.

— Simon Cowell

I don't mind being controversial. Even Jesus wasn't loved in his day.

— Elvis Presley

Just so you know, I am an ex-controversial YouTuber.

— Logan Paul